A Year After The Shooting, Giffords Completes Unfinished Business

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords hugs Daniel Hernandez, the former intern who helped save her life.

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Life came full circle for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords today. A little more than a year after she was shot in the head at a community meet-and-greet she organized, she met with others who survived the rampage.

At her office in Tucson, the Arizona congresswoman met with Daniel Hernandez, her former intern who is credited with helping to save her life by containing her bleeding.

Giffords also met with Suzie Heilman, who was the woman who brought Christina Taylor-Green, her 9-year-old neighbor who had a keen interest in politics, to the event. Green, who was born on Sept. 11, was youngest of the six people killed.

The meeting comes a day after Giffords announced she was stepping down to focus on her recovery.

"I don't remember much from that horrible day, but I will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice," she said in a two-minute video. "I have more work to do on my recovery, so to do what is best for Arizona, I will step down this week."